Do Aur Do Pyaar, Review: Cork, corpse, uncork What is more fun to make? A love triangle or a lovers’ quadrangle? The makers Do Aur Do Pyaar (two and two love) obviously thought that it was the latter. After 5,000 films (mainly Indian) on three-cornered relationships, including the 1969 Three in to Two Won’t Go (a defining triangle, if there was one), there was pretty little to explore, but film-makers did not relent. Love triangle films continued to gush out in all shapes and size...

Love Lies Bleeding, Review: Musclesbians Some lesbian sex, a load of police corruption and bullets by the container, are the ingredients of this pot boiler. Bringing together unlikely, low-brow elements, Love Lies Bleeding might interest female body-builders and lesbians in present day USA, but has little to offer by means of entertainment, wholesome or unwholesome. It is likely to prove one of those come and go movies that have a lot of crime and muscle power on screen but do not have anythi...

The Fantastic Pavilion, the genre hub at the Marché du Film, will celebrate its second edition from May 14 to 22, 2024. After a successful launch last year, the Pavilion is once again presenting galas for selected genre films, which will be announced in May. An addition this year is the showcase to international buyers of six films that have remake rights available.   To highlight Switzerland, the Marché du Film’s 2024 country of honor, the Pavilion is set to cel...

  Fantastic Pavilion, the genre hub launched last year in Cannes, saunters back to the Croisette for its second edition, returning with a host of activities that include the Fantastic Galas, cocktails, and a showcase of genre video games as well as the second edition of the Fantastic Latido Award. Welcomed by the Marché du Film as part of its ecosystem, the Fantastic Pavilion will pay tribute to this year’s Country of Honour with a cocktail celebration al...

With ITFS 2024, a week full of animation comes to an end on Sunday  Packed cinemas, enthusiastic audiences, and a positive summary The 31st Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) came to a successful close in the evening with the grand awards ceremony. For six days, the animation industry gathered in Stuttgart, and the festival delighted filmmakers, industry visitors, and animation fans from around the world. This year's ITFS featured numerous innovations, including ...

The 43rd Istanbul Film Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by N Kolay, was concluded with an award ceremony held on 28 April at Atlas 1948. A total of 51 films competed in the international and national competitions of the festival.   At the award ceremony, the winners of the International and National Competitions, the National Short Film and National Documentary Competitions, the Young Master Award, Seyfi Teoman Best Debut Film Prize...

The 19th edition of the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF) crowns Wander to Wonder (dir. Nina Grantz)  as the Méliés Short Film Competition winner and Sander Maran's Chainsaws were Singing as the best Estonian genre film.   The Silver Méliés of the biggest genre festival in Baltics went to Wander to Wonder by Nina Grantz. The jury said: "We award the Méliés d’argent to thi...

The International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg will hold its 73rd edition from 7 to 17 November this year. For the first time, the IFFMH will present the Young Actors Award, a new €10,000 award for achievement in acting. The International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg will hold its 73rd edition from 7 to 17 November this year. For the first time, the IFFMH will present the Young Actors Award, a new €10,000 award for achievement in acting. Films in all sections of the festiv...

FOCUS ASIA 2024 Over 200 participants from 35 territories, 11 projects in development, 6 works in progress, over 300 one to one meetings.   Japanese project POLARIS, the new feature directed by Yoko Yamanaka and produced by Shoichiro Kawashima (TWENTY FIRST CITY INC), wins the TAICCA/Focus Asia Co-Production Award!   UDINE – With over 200 participants from 35 territories, 11 projects in development, 6 works in progress, 3 days of panels & case studies and over 300 o...

Festival will open with Amber Sealey’s “Out of My Mind”   Today, the Bentonville Film Foundation, in collaboration with founding partner, Walmart, and presenting sponsor, Coca-Cola, announced narrative, documentary, short film, and episodic selections premiering in-person at the 2024 Bentonville Film Festival’s competition program, set for June 10-16 in Bentonville, AR. The annual Festival is a globally recognized platform amplifying female, non-binary, LGBTQIA+, B...